Recap.

We had a perfect R&R. It felt like a month. We hit all 20 things on Skylar's extensive "To-do with Daddy" list in the first week and spent the last half hanging out around the house.Micah is still in transit as far as I know, he hasn't been able to call since Monday when he left. I don't think he knows that his sister had a baby last night. (We love you Cora Grace!)

So here is R&R in a nutshell--trying to fit a year's worth of memories into two weeks. It's always bittersweet to come out of "survival mode" into "vacation mode" and then have to say good-bye again. But of course, you wouldn't trade the time you have for anything.

We hit up the beach....

Micah got to see Skylar in full on "Sandageddon". He played with her and I got to sit with Finley under an umbrella that a nice lady wasn't using and offered to us. Micah stressed about the umbrella and kept checking it every few minutes to make sure it was secure. It was.
We grilled out and made s'mores on the 4th.

It really bothered her that Micah had marshmallow on his face. "Get it off daddy. GET IT OFF!"
There was a whole lot of wrestling. Many times a day it was "Do you want to wrestle with me daddy?" Funny, she never asks me to do that.

We went to see the fireworks on the old battlefield at Sacketts Harbor. A nice man took two pictures for us. He chopped our heads off in one, and the second one was blurry. But the occasion was documented nonetheless.

We took Skylar to her first drive-in movie. She loved it and stayed up really late eating pizza and ice cream.

We hit the farmer's market up both Wednesdays so Micah could get his fill of whoopie pies.

Then it was off to Rochester where we spent a couple of nights and had some Dinosaur BBQ and Chipotle.

Skylar wanted to stay in a hotel and swim in the pool with daddy. Check and check.

We went to the children's museum and then the zoo the next day.

We took Micah to our favorite breakfast spot so he could experience the wonder that is Stuffed French Toast.

And this is the kids meal for $4.....seriously.

We fed the ducks at least twice.

Went on lots of walks to the park. We hit up the County Fair, the CanAm Festival, and Sam's Club twice so that Micah could gawk at all the american excess. We hit up our favorite ice cream stand...twice.
And then it was time to say good-bye. When Micah came downstairs in his uniform Skylar asked him why. He told he had to go back and she said.......
"Oh well, too bad. Thanks for visiting me. I had fun!" Like he is just one of her many visiting relatives passing through. We decided that was a good thing.

So now we are on the homestretch. Only 10 more weeks give or take. And then as Skylar says "daddy is home FOREVER". Let's hope.